Abstract: Member list, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership applications, flyer, correspondence, ethics proposals, articles of incorporation,
and clippings documenting activity of the Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals (SLGMHP), 1977-1982. The
SLGMHP was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop
an informal referral system for gay clients."

creator:
Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals.

Historical Note

Founded in 1980, Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals was "an organization for all gay health professonals
in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop an informal referral system for gay clients."

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were
given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Scope and Content

Member list, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership applications, flyer, correspondence, ethics proposals, articles of incorporation,
and clippings documenting activity of the Sacramento Lesbian and Gay Mental Health Professionals (SLGMHP), 1977-1982. The
SLGMHP was "an organization for all gay health professonals in the Sacramento area to provide mutual support and to develop
an informal referral system for gay clients." Among other things, the collection documents SLGMHP's efforts to convince insurance
companies of the need to cover mental health services for gay and lesbian clients.